Stress Management put simplistically is “a twin process of prevention and intervention.”

We all experience stress of some form of which there are many levels from irritation, anxiety, worry or mild frustration, to serious stress. If left unchecked, these can ultimately create physical dysfunction, malaise, depression or illness. However, negative emotions and outside stresses can be managed once you understand them.

Think back to when someone irritated you; and when did frustration engulf you? What about anger or rage, when was the last time you felt this emotion? I doubt if you stayed calm.

“Stress is the internal reaction that occurs in response to internal and external factors, both known and unknown.”

According to the dictionary, the word stress means: ‘to be subjected to pressure or strain, a mentally disruptive or disquieting influence'.

If you can find the time to read the pages about Understanding Stress and Recognising Stress you will have a better understanding of how we feel subjected to everyday pressures.